The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-05
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FROM the southern Live Stock Innrnnl.


One Of the advantages Of sorghum for
| forage is that Il will produce two crops in one
| year.
Forest fires have been very destructive all
up and down the Mississippi Valley country.
The damage was immense The recent rains
| put an end 10 these fires.
| DR. q. II. Johnson, SAYS Texas Stockman
and Farmer, recommends coppcras aud char
| coal rs sure preventative OF hog cholera.
| Keep IL by them all the time.
| Irish potatoes are now selling in tho prin-
! cipnl western cities at 81 per bushcl. OF
course they will be higher in the spring.
! Cabbagcs are selling In the same markets at
! $40 TO $50 per ton.
Cotton seed meal, on account Of IFS great
| excess Of nitrogen, Is recommended Ms good
! food for fowls IL is too concentrated TO
| feed alone, aud should be mixed with some
Kind Of mill feed.
Prof Storer, good authority, recommends
pumpkins rs an excellent feed 90 increase
the flow and improve the quality Of the
milk. IL Is q crop easily and chcaply raised
here In the south.
Prof Law, the well known veterinarian,
| and the son Of Prof. Roberts, Of Cornell uni.
ycr.ity, New York have purchased 1000
acres of land IN Madison county, Miss, which
will be devoted 10 grass and stock farming
Fowls thrive best when they go 10 roost
with their crops we'll filled with some sort Of
dry feed, which requires considerable time
TO digest. In the winter, just before the
chickens 80 10 roost, give them all they will
eat Of corn and wheat.
From this time on, the south, we think,
will 90 into horse breeding and mule raising
largely. Everywhere throughout the cotton
belt We hear Of a growing disposition among
farmers 10 raise more mules and more
horses. This is good news.
A difference IA the yield Of milk Of four
quarts a day, even 10 cents n quart, j. equal
10 t2i year, which T. the interest az per
cont. ON 500 A difference OF 100 pounds Of
! butter year is equal to the same amount.
With ten COWS this counts up pretty fast.
Two tobacco barns In Simpson county,
ky., We're burned recently, one belonging To
Mr.. Mcrryman, aud the other 20 Mr.. Nahum
Sloss. Each contained large crop of 10.
bacco. The 1857 crop s. about ali cut in
simpson county, and wheat sowing Is the
order of the day.
Kerosene is Of great help In the proper
care of poultry. Their nest boxes should be
oiled with II NJ n preventive oi ycrmin. A
few drops occasionally IN the drinking water
will hinder colds or rOup, and when applied
10 sculy legs IL effects cure, while Il Is
highly recommended n cure for cholera.
A writer advises against the planting Of
fruit trees, especially peaches, near together,
saying that from twenty Ia twenty-five feet
l. not too far apart. lie claims the wider
planting makes better shaped trees, with bet
tor access of air and sunshine, while the tree
has greater area from which 10 draw root sup
plies.
Breed 90 a good stallion. Better pay $50
fee to breed Ia iirst class horse than g. 30
Zee and breed IN q mere scrub. IN the one
case YOU get q colt that. when grown, will
bring YOU from slJO to 500 and the sale II
easily made, IN the other ease you get q mean
little "scrubby' that is hard TO dispose Of at
any price
Fig, must he cnrsl for In bad weather, or
else you can expect much II them. They
should have warm, dry beds Ia sleep in: II
you cannot got anything better. good dry
straw will do 90 make their beds o. but
leaves are much better. sleeping In straw,
especially u thc straw be wet, will give them
the mango.
Tho West Tennessee Horticultural society
will hold H. sixth annual session at Jackson
December = o and TO- lloriiculturists
from other sections are cordially invited 10
attend. The program Of exercises j. an at
tmctiyc one. The railroads will grant re-
! duc,i rates, The secretary u the assOcia-
ton Is A. A. CoWdcry, Gadsdcn, Tenn.
Charcoal Is recommended for cows The
Guernsey Breeder SAYS " q COW does not
! look bright give her one tcacupiul In her
! fccd-miNcd Ia with H.. 4 tci,pounful each
meal for three or four DAYS Is recommended
| u she has symptoms OF "hollow horn -
| The same authority says: That wolf IN the
tail Is the same way. The wolf can't stand
the charcoal"
An Iowa farmer has raised from - 10 ii9
| bushels Of corn per acre. The land Is thor.
/ oughly prepared by deep blowing, heavy
| manuTing and fine pulyorizing with the har.
I row. The cultivation Is shallow. Thus the
/ roots are not cut, aud the growth OF the
| the plan of a large number u others, who
| have realized astonishing yields.
The Macon Miss sun reports considerable
| lespcdcza hay coming into that town from
| the surrounding country. The sun says the
average yield per acre " two tons and that
| Inc average cost 20 harvest u t2 ~ per acre.
| That the hay readily brings ti0pcr ton there.
| and that AT Jackson, Tenn, and other towns
no further oil, pay tl5 per.ton, aud the dc.
mand always equal 10 the supply
A correspondent of the Country Gentle
man takes the ground that buiicrcolor i
| harmless, and that therefore II j. not wrong
/ 10 use II. lilo regrets, however, IT, excessive
| uso and advises moderation. lie nays also:
! "Uniformity Is impossible 90 obtain by color.
inc In The COW. and as the trade demands
uniformity, and as the standard colors are
perfectly harmless, cannot see why the
| farmers Tor the sake OF Tad, should lose
from . TO . cents per pound
Farmers would do we'll TO keep mares 10
do ali their work. These should not DO
worked too hard, only moderately, and they
should be bred 10 some good stallion or jack.
Where one keeps several mares, the sale Of
surplus stock, which will accumulate each
year will bring In handsome proht Mares
and colts can be wintcrea Altogether upon
rye and barley pastures, Lespedeza, nornu.
da. johnson grass. sorghum and pea vine
hay. In tho spring and summer aud until
late In fall, they will do well enough on ma.
tive pastures, only when h WORK.